3 Music Videos I Liked This Week!
7/17/22. Electrifying extremes with IC3PEAK, shifting pathos with Angel Olsen, and magical money channeling with OSHUN.
Note: This is *officially* the July 17th post for the Daily Sharing Challenge, folks, thanks for bearing with me yesterday! This is my first post of this sort but I’m thinking of making it a weekly series! It’s little faster to do than a full on album review and I can give people a taste of several different artists. Also, thanks to you guys I’ve already passed 10 follows! I had 3 followers before writing anything but I didn’t expect to be at 12 already! So thank you!
Each time I do one of these music video round ups, I will include a diverse variety of artists from different genres, backgrounds, and identities. You’ll never know what to expect!
- Kiss of Death by IC3PEAK! (The song is in Russian so you’ll want to turn on subtitles for English lyrics). Feels like you’re being pulled into a forest by this two-person cult, while having a bad trip at the same time (I see that mushroom imagery!). Fast-paced as it becomes more and more deranged, this music video is good haunting fun. This is not my favorite song of theirs, but they return to form with their captivating style of quiet / eerily soothing verse, thrashing chorus, repeat.
In their Youtube video description: “Our VK page (biggest media in RU) is banned in Russia because of our anti-war posts. Our concerts are officially prohibited by Russian government. We dedicate this video to Russian police state which tries to censor us all but is doomed to fail. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine is still going, and Ukrainians are suffering. Please consider helping: https://ukrainewar.carrd.com MERCH: https://www.ic3peak.world/store”
Russia is not a friendly place for anti-war artists so if you like their work and have the means, why not buy some merch?
2. Through the Fires by Angel Olsen! The lighting and cinematography for this video are nothing short of epic. The sound design, too, sounds as big as the video production. No wonder it looks and sounds so epic, because this is just a chunk of a nearly 30 minute long film! I haven’t watched it in full yet but when I do I will likely hash out a post dedicated to it. The ending to this video out of context alone is enough to take your breath away with its implications; is Olsen drowning the old version of herself in order to make way for the new? Before this, she was sitting surrounded by an assortment of people, some with their hands on her shoulders, like they were encircling her with the weight of their expectations. But then, Olsen opens a box, and they fall back, as if shocked by what’s inside. What does the video mean to you?
From the Youtube comment section of the video:
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“Angel Olsen — music for people who want to crawl into their wounds and feel them fully. Stunning” — Poison Ivy
3. 100k by OSHUN! In celebration of hitting 100k subscribers on their Youtube channel (they since have amassed 116k), the dynamic duo of OSHUN have released a music video! I love to hear these women continue to use the same samples that made them stand out from the hip hop / rap crowd in the beginning, but continue to evolve in their beat creation. Their songs and videos always have this warm, inviting quality. This one in particular highlights community, as several women around a table cook and build goods for their small store. I thought this was a nice upbeat summer song to end this week’s post with, and I’m sure I’ll give it several re-listens when I want to get hyped up!
Lyrics from the chorus of 100k:
“Lemme tell You how I made another hundred today
Put my head down to the ground When I started my day
We just landed on the planet And we started a wave
Got the magic Feel it all in your braids
got 100 whips
got 100 shrines
got 100 goons
Lived 100 lives
Hit 100k Just the ova day
How sway how? I pray everyday”
Bye for now and happy listening!
